On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:09:02 GMT, Daniel Minge
wrote:

In order to see meteror showers, must it
be the case that the constellation that gives them their name,
eg Leonids has to be above the horizon

On the 19th, the Leonids will be occuring, but Leo won't
rise until the early ours at Adelaide, Australia.

I suppose that if they can be seen whilst Leo is below the horizon,
then the meteors would radiate upwards from the horizon.

When the radiant is at or a little below the horizon, you can still see
Earth skimming meteors overhead. They will point back to the radiant,
but that might not be immediately obvious.

From Adelaide, the radiant of the shower rises at 02:38. You might catch
some a little before this, but basically you only have about three hours
to see anything. The Leonids aren't very well situated for southern
observers (and aren't generally very impressive, anywhere).

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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